Hothouse Preview

This Saturday sees the continuation of Big Finish’s weekly release schedule with the first part of Hothouse by Jonathan Morris.

Starring Paul McGann as the Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller, Hothouse guest stars Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents…, loads more stuff) as rock star turned environmental activist Alex Marlow who has come into the ownership of a very dangerous piece of vegetation and the gorgeous Lysette Anthony as Hazel Bright.

Somewhere in the south of England stands the Hothouse. Five vast, state-of-the-art biodomes, all steel and glass. Inside, rock star turned environmental activist Alex Marlow has a plan to save the world from climate change. By any means necessary…

There’s something growing inside the Hothouse. Something that could turn back humanity’s tide. A voracious alien vegetable called the Krynoid. The Doctor‘s going to have to stop it. Stop Marlow. Stop Marlow’s fanatical acolyte, Lucie Miller…